Sciantel Crista is a very rare and unique writer. Since 1994 she has devoted her life entirely to the ministry work of Christ.
Never married, she lives in California. She is disabled and suffers from a disease called Lupus. Sciantel wrote her very first story, Quicksand Land, when she was in the 3rd grade.

On the distant world called Iqui, a new mental energy weapon has been created that promises to extend the religious civil war between the Rell and Novans and generate enormous profit for OLMAC. The family that owns OLMAC, is rife with internal strife, pitting brother against brother against sister. Who will survive this deadly sibling rivalry, and what will be left for them to claim?

As the dust settles and Christmas approaches Leo is expecting a quiet festive period with her goat and troll. Little does she know that someone has murder in mind for the Wiccans of Barnet and crystals and incense are no defence against the blackest arts. Oh, and someone ate all the good biscuits...

The near-future world of Artemis Bridge has been critically-acclaimed in the Bridge Chronicles. In this diverse collection of cyberpunk short stories, Ballard dissects the inner workings of credit assassinations, illustrates what happens to GlobalNet ID’s of the deceased, and details the initiation of the mysterious technomancers in ten exciting short stories, some never before published.